Four years ago, St. John’s brought in a group of recruits that seemingly had the potential to return the program to the top tier, but now those seniors are still looking for their first N.C.A.A. tournament berth.

Jones is the only University of Kentucky athlete to have his number, 27, retired in two sports, football and basketball. He became known as Wah Wah because that was how his younger sister pronounced his given name, Wallace.